> ....  I have the IP Address, so is there a way to find out from the IP
> who owns or governs the site, i.e. someone to contact about why we lost
> access.

  More or less.  There are two things which each have a chance of success:

1.  Try to ping the address ("ping A.B.C.D").  Just before the ping results,
you may see a line which shows the hostname associated with this address (IF
a "Reverse DNS" entry exists for it).  The domain portion of this hostname
may tell you who owns the host.

2.  Go to http://www.arin.net, select "whois" and enter the IP address.  The
results should tell you what ISP is responsible for the block of IP
addresses which contains the address you've provided.

David Gillett


On 21 Aug 2005 at 19:38, Michael Lanspa wrote:

Date sent:              Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:38:16 -0400
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From:                   Michael Lanspa <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                [PCSOFT] Web Site Inaccessible
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> I maintain a web site for a clergyman in Washington D.C.  He is
> Hispanic and his English, especially in regards to web maintenance, is
> weak, so I assist him with updates.  Over the past weekend, we both
> lost access to the site, a site he started, where it gives us an error
> saying "you are not authorized to view this page" and HTTP Error 403 -
> Forbidden Internet Explorer
>  I use IE 6 and I don't think either of us has made any kind of
> firewall changes or anything. This is a first for both of us.  I
> wonder if maybe he hasn't paid the monthly fee for the site, but he
> says he doesn't know who the site provider is.  I have the IP Address,
> so is there a way to find out from the IP who owns or governs the
> site, i.e. someone to contact about why we lost access.

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